The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will vote later this month on bid packages for the construction of a 6-court tennis facility that will be located at Middletown Park. Mahomet Parks and Recreation Director Dan Waldinger said the apparent low bidder was from Petry Kuhne Company in the amount […]
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It could be easy to consider the signing of a letter-of-intent to play a sport in college as the end to fulfilling a goal. Don’t tell that to Mahomet-Seymour senior Nick Tjahjadi. For him, when he put his signature on a piece of […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade volleyball team has a four-match winning streak after sweeping Champaign Edison at home on Monday (Feb. 6), 25-22, 25-20. Prior to that, the seventh-graders won at Normal Parkside on Thursday (Feb. 2), 25-23, 25-22, and at Rantoul Eater on Tuesday (Jan. 31), 25-7, 25-8. […]
By Brett McMahon When Stacy LaCour left his position as an account manager at WCIA in 2013, he knew there was something “more” in store for him. At the time, Ryan Dallas, a real estate broker, encouraged him to take the necessary steps to become a real estate agent. Once […]
By Brett McMahon Mahomet native Cal Joslin returns home with Sidewalk Prophets when the group brings its Songs and Stories tour to Grace Church on April 23. Joslin is the bassist for the Dove Award-winning group, whose hit songs include “The Words I Would Say,” “Keep Making Me” and “Come To The Table.” […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team placed second in the three-school Northern Illinois Invitational. Byron (297 points) was first, M-S (245) was the runner-up and a school the Bulldogs had lost to previously, LaSalle-Peru (195 points) ended in third place. M-S captured 16 personal bests and Owen Kearns reset […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour needed overtime on Friday (Feb. 3) but was able to avenge a loss at Taylorville by virtue of a 42-34 Apollo Conference decision. The teams were tied, 33-33, after regulation. When the schools played in Mahomet in December, Taylorville won by two points. Savannah Orgeron logged […]
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour seniors scored in double figures on Saturday (Feb. 4) and helped the Bulldogs to a 61-44 victory at home over Effingham in the M-S Senior Night game. Jake Waldinger hit a team-high 11 points, the fourth time in the past five games he has been […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team won its ninth consecutive Class 2A regional championship at home on Saturday (Feb. 4). M-S took top honors in a seven-school field with 239 points. The regional crown was the 40th in school history in wrestling. All 14 Bulldog grapplers placed among the top […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s not everyone who plays football for the Mahomet-Seymour program who will get the chance to wear uniform No. 17. Bulldog head coach Jon Adkins has a special reverence for that number, the one he wore as a high schooler in Charleston. Adkins had a viable […]
